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Prompted to Pray

April 5, 2020April 4, 2020 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

Image via Hippostcard.com On April 30, 1983, Lois Main returned from a conference to her home in Coalinga, California.   An oil town of 6,757 people, Coalinga is nestled in a small valley set in the Diablo Mountains.  These mountains, part of the coastal ranges of central California, lie along part of the San Andreas Fault.  … Continue reading Prompted to Pray

Into the Wilderness

March 9, 2020December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / 2 Comments

Image via Timothy Denney, Mt Dana, Yosemite National Park “Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.” ― Sigurd Olson.  Photo looking toward the crest of the Sierra Nevada and Mount Abbott and its environs from Pioneer … Continue reading Into the Wilderness

Into the Wilderness

February 10, 2020December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

Image via Timothy Denney, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite Wallace Stegner, who is known as a novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, wrote these words in his famous, "Wilderness Letter," “Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed ... We simply need that wild country … Continue reading Into the Wilderness

Into the Wilderness

January 13, 2020December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

Author and essayist Loren Eiseley once told us, “It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and love for a time in the wilderness.”  Indeed, how commonplace it is.  It is into the wilderness that we go when … Continue reading Into the Wilderness

Christmas, the Great Adventure

December 24, 2019December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

Photo by Lum3n from Pexels The advent of our Savior is truly a great adventure.  “Advent” is the root word for adventure, giving the impression of the arrival or appearance of something risky and wondrous.  The Advent we celebrate has a wild and risky edge to it, because our God has always chosen wildness as … Continue reading Christmas, the Great Adventure

The Advent of the Covenant

December 20, 2019December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.” Bonhoeffer is speaking to the fact that only those who are troubled and humbled by their own condition are able to … Continue reading The Advent of the Covenant

Christmas: Rescue and Transfer

December 13, 2019December 2, 2019 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

He had fallen and landed on a ledge.  He needed help. I had a group of student climbers out on the rock for an all-day class on leading and anchors.  I could see another party on the rock to my left.  One of their members was laying on a ledge some distance below the top.  … Continue reading Christmas: Rescue and Transfer

Into the Wilderness

December 9, 2019December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

Image via Timothy Denney, Dark Canyon, Utah Here is a little wilderness inspiration as we slip deeper into the Winter.  These are pictures from a wilderness trip in July 2019 to the White Cloud Peaks in the Salmon River country of central Idaho.  One of my favorite “secret spots” in the wild western places.  Read … Continue reading Into the Wilderness

Advent: The Appearing

December 6, 2019December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / Leave a comment

Photo by Emre Kuzu from Pexels “The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord.”  _ Heri Nouwen The season of Advent celebrations has begun.  The term, … Continue reading Advent: The Appearing

Just another day in cow camp

December 2, 2019December 12, 2020 / 1pursuit / 1 Comment

For generations my family has lived in the mountains, most recently the Sierra Nevada.  My grandfather and his father ran a small cattle operation near Yosemite National Park for a number of years.  This entailed a three-day cattle drive (complete with a chuck wagon) up into the high country every spring, and the return drive … Continue reading Just another day in cow camp

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Level 5 Services envisions individuals and communities that are strong, vibrant, alive, connected, and supportive to all; individuals and communities full of strength, courage, integrity, commitment and hope. At Level 5 Services, this vision is the foundation for life and work.

 

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